Famous quotes containing the word strange:
“A child... who has learned from fairy stories to believe that what at first seemed a repulsive, threatening figure can magically change into a most helpful friend is ready to believe that a strange child whom he meets and fears may also be changed from a menace into a desirable companion.”
—Bruno Bettelheim (20th century)
“But now I see I was not plucked for naught,
And after in lifes vase
Of glass set while I might survive,
But by a kind hand brought
Alive
To a strange place.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)
“You will go a long journey,
In a strange bed take rest,
And a dark girl will kiss you....”
—Philip Larkin (19221986)
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